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SCP-3846 Euclid ~ medium confidence
SCP-3846
Expected annual
$1.6M
One-time setup
$749K
Annual recurring
$1.6M
Personnel
25
Initial setup costs are approximately $749,000 (vault, equipment, training, buyout/conservator funds, lab setup); ongoing annual operations are about $1,615,000 driven primarily by embedded field operative wages, oneirology staff, legal/PR retainers, and a contingency reserve.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $749K
Buyout Fund $400K
[#9] Purchase/buyout fund for rare/antique Walden copies, midpoint estimate for reimbursements/replacements.
Conservator Fees $100K
[#10] Professional book conservator/restoration fees for fragile or valuable books (estimated for ~100 items).
Training Vetting $64K
[#3] Initial security vetting, covert tradecraft/legal/cover training and background investigations for full-time and part-time staff.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $60K
[#12] Dream-study lab equipment (EEG, recording, secure servers, transcription hardware) one-time setup.
Equipment $45K
[#4, #17] Book processing kit (trimmer, press, repair kits, lamps, gloves) and secure/encrypted communications hardware and initial IT hardening.
Facilities $40K
[#6] Vault build/installation and initial security systems for confiscated-pages storage.
Initial Legal And Contracts $25K
[#19] Initial legal work, negotiating access/NDAs/contracts with publishers/institutions; setup/negotiation costs.
Initial Replacement Inventory $15K
[#24] Initial stock of replacement benign Walden editions for rapid swap (1,000 copies at ~$15 each).
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $1.6M/yr
Staff Wages $1.0M/yr
[#1, #2, #11, #15] Embedded full-time field operatives (8), part-time/local liaisons (12 part-time), oneirology staff (senior + tech), and emergency retrieval/onsite overtime/readiness.
Contingency Reserve $230K/yr
[#26] Recommended reserve for unexpected large exposures, settlements, emergency recalls (~20% of recurring budget as recommended).
Cover Story And Legal $130K/yr
[#20, #21] Ongoing legal retainer/contingency counsel and public relations/cover story management retainer.
Logistics And Transport $68K/yr
[#16, #8] Vehicle fleet lease/fuel/maintenance/insurance for operatives and secure destruction/disposal transport and vendor fees.
Facilities Maintenance $52K/yr
[#7, #23] Vault climate control, alarm monitoring, monthly maintenance and small regional office rent/utilities/administrative overhead.
Research And Monitoring $45K/yr
[#13, #14] Dream-data storage/transcription/licensing and psychological counseling/medical monitoring for exposed persons.
Supplies And Consumables $27K/yr
[#22, #5] Consumables and archival supplies (gloves, labels, boxes, ink, journals) and printing/insertion of innocuous replacement pages (midpoint estimate).
Community Relations $20K/yr
[#25] Community/institutional goodwill fund (donations/grants to visitor center, libraries, local societies).
It And Communications $6K/yr
[#18] Mobile plans, encrypted communications subscriptions, cloud backups, software renewals, IT admin support.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $1.6M/yr
80.0% probability / year
Normal uneventful year with routine inspections, replacements, monitoring, and no major public exposure.
routine_inspections scheduled_conservations no_public_breach
🚨 Minor Incident $1.6M/yr
15.0% probability / year +$20K vs baseline
Localized public exposure (single bookstore or tourist purchase) requiring emergency retrieval, counseling, small buyout or reimbursement, and PR/legal response.
single_public_purchase reader_exposure small_local_PR_issue
🚨 Major Exposure $2.1M/yr
5.0% probability / year +$500K vs baseline
Significant public incident or legal challenge (multiple exposures, high-value rare copy publicized) requiring large buyouts, conservator work, extended legal defense and major PR campaign.
multiple_public_exposures viral_publicity high_value_item_publicized
👥 Personnel 25 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / Field Operative 8 [#1] Full-time embedded operatives planted in distribution and reception facilities.
Part-time Liaison / Informant 12 [#2] Part-time local bookstore liaisons and informants for small independents and tourist outlets.
Research Scientist / Oneirologist 1 [#11] Senior oneirologist supervising dream monitoring and studies.
Technician / Data Technician 1 [#11] Oneirology technician supporting studies and data handling (salary included in oneirology line).
Emergency Retrieval Team (on-call agents) 3 [#15] On-call rapid response personnel for retrievals and emergency containment.
📋 Confidence Notes
Analyst notes provide line-item estimates and midpoints for many costs, so totals are order-of-magnitude reliable; uncertainty remains around actual throughput of affected books, frequency of rare high-value items, and frequency/severity of public exposures.
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